1984 Ed.]
District Court
[CAP. 336
79A. (1) Where an accused person is a corporation, a plea in writing may be entered by its representative, and if either the corporation does not appear by a representative or, though it does so appear, fails to enter any plea, the Court shall order a plea of not guilty to be entered and the trial shall proceed as though the corporation had duly entered a plea of not guilty.
(2) In this section, "representative" means a person duly appointed by a corporation to represent it for the purpose of doing any act or thing which the representative of a corporation is by this section authorized to do, but a person shall not, by virtue only of being so appointed, be qualified to act on behalf of the corporation before any court for any other purpose. A representative for the purposes of this section need not be appointed under the seal of the corporation, and a statement in writing purporting to be signed by a managing director of the corporation, or by any person (by whatever name called) having, or being one of the persons having, the management of the affairs of the corporation, to the effect that the person named in the statement has been appointed as the representative of the corporation for the purposes of this section shall be admissible without further proof as prima facie evidence that the person has been so appointed.
(Added, 24 of 1976, s. 3)
80. Before pronouncing judgment, a judge shall record his verdict and, at the same time or so soon thereafter as may be, shall also place on record a short statement of the reasons for the verdict.
(1 of 1953, s. 30, incorporated. Amended, 21 of 1962, s. 16)
81. (1) Where an accused person is convicted of an offence, the Court may, on the application of the person convicted and with the consent of the prosecution, in passing sentence on such person take into consideration any other offence of a similar nature which the convicted person admits having committed and which he desires the Court to deal with.
(2) Under subsection (1) the Court may take into consideration any indictable offence not included in any of the categories specified in Part III of the Second Schedule to the Magistrates Ordinance and, notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Ordinance, any offence triable summarily only.
(Added, 25 of 1972, s. 4)
Plea by corporation.
Verdict.
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Court may take into consideration outstanding offences on application of accused and consent of prosecution.
(Cap. 227.)
82. (1) Where the Court sentences any person to undergo a term of imprisonment for an offence, and such person is already undergoing, or is at the same time sentenced to undergo, imprisonment for another offence, it shall be lawful for the Court to direct that such imprisonment shall commence at the expiration of the term of imprisonment which such person is then undergoing or has been so previously sentenced to undergo as aforesaid. (Amended, 21 of 1962, s. 13)
Penalties.
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